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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 12

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 12

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Gumbo Day

1792Columbus Day was first observed in the US

1870General Robert E. Lee died at age 63

1892In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ landing, the “Pledge of Allegiance” was first recited in public schools

1901The “ExecutiveMansion” was renamed the “White House” by Teddy Roosevelt

1915The 1 millionth Model T rolled off the Ford assembly line

1920The construction of the Holland Tunnel began – it ended on 11/13/1927 and connected NYC and Jersey City, NJ

1933The US Justice Department acquired AlcatrazIsland from the US Army

1935Opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti was born

1947Newscaster Chris Wallace was born

1949Eugenie Anderson became the first female Ambassador nominated in the US

1960Nikita Krushchev pounded his shoe at the UN General Assembly meeting

1969Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was born

1969Figure skater and 3 time Olympic gold winner Sonja Henie died – she won a record 10 consecutive world championships

197246 soldiers were injured in a race riot aboard the carrier Kitty Hawk